Friedman, Richard A.

What a Sensory Isolation Tank Taught Me About My Brain [from The New York Times]

December 29, 2016

"Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without an enthusiastic report in the popular media about intriguing neuroscience research linking some human behavior to the function of a particular brain circuit."

The experience made me wonder about a question that has never let go of me: Are you more than your brain? Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without an enthusiastic report in the popular media about intriguing neuroscience research linking some human behavior to the function of a particular brain circuit. So you might hear that the insula lights up when you're sad, another region when you're happy and still another when you're enjoying a drink or an orgasm.

Machine::Circuitry

Reading

Richard A. Friedman, "What a Sensory Isolation Tank Taught Me About My Brain," The New York Times (December 29, 2016). <Link to NYTimes.com>

01/04/2017